build/envsetup.sh lunch aosp_x86_64-eng emulator -show-kernel -verbose -writable-system Then, for future runs, you must keep the -writable-system option, or else image changes will not be visible: emulator -show-kernel -verbose -writable-system I think Expo client is having issues with latter versions. The problem is, everytime I run react-native run-android, the cli will fail to find a device, eventhough the custom adb.exe clearly found a device before.